tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post7493370278596168824..comments2023-09-05T09:06:09.136-05:00Comments on Atop the Fourth Wall: Time Travel and CybermatsLewis Lovhaughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724769374732321363noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-79797703304458347352012-12-26T16:39:09.934-06:002012-12-26T16:39:09.934-06:00Hi, new to comics, fairly new to your channel but ...Hi, new to comics, fairly new to your channel but I've been a Whovian for more than three years. (Seven rocks!)<br /><br />I've got this scifi multiverse that I set numerous stories in, be it fanfic, novel or script and despite being pretty much anything goes I like to have a ring of plausibility to things. <br /><br />The general explanation being that before the universe there was a nothingness so empty of anything that not even logic existed, meaning the nothingness could actually be anything. Infinite, eternal, green, even capable off spontaneously creating and sustaining bubbles of logic which over time develop to become our universes.<br /><br />My theory of time was similar to yours in that I saw each person's timeline as a thread sewn through the various dimensions of a universe, of which time is one. I couldn't grasp though what the wider implications of that were and how it related to the illogical nothingness though.<br /><br />Having watched your vid I think I have a better idea. Time is a form of logic, not a result of it (as backed up by Einstein's theory of general relativity no less) therefore the sponge is not just a representation of navigating time within a logic bubble but a more literal representation of the timey wimey ball because 'The Web Of Time' alluded to in Doctor Who is not just a cool metaphor but the physical outcome of multiple timelines, if we take spiders as a metaphor for beings with personal timelines since they literally weave thread behind themselves.<br /><br />In other words causality is formed by timelines interacting and the act of observation changes outcome of the event so if time travellers existed they would cause multiple linked logic bubbles. It's still the same universe, same timeline even but following the threads can get very confusing. A fact only exacerbated since for every universe where something is real there is at least one where it is fiction and vice/versa, at least in my stories.<br /><br />Anyway thanks for prompting a mild temporal related epiphany.Alexander Gordon Jahanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675324400472067460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-20741171473682162242012-02-23T10:49:30.700-06:002012-02-23T10:49:30.700-06:00"SO, im planning to build my own cybermat as ..."SO, im planning to build my own cybermat as well, if i use a backet like u did, should it be like a perfect cylinder, and how big exactly would u recommend?"<br /><br />Not necessarily. The advantage of using a bucket that comes in (as if it looks like a trapezoid when viewed from one side) is that when you put the other half into one end, it'll stay in a little better.Lewis Lovhaughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724769374732321363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-57547514092379135712012-02-23T02:21:47.464-06:002012-02-23T02:21:47.464-06:00SO, im planning to build my own cybermat as well, ...SO, im planning to build my own cybermat as well, if i use a backet like u did, should it be like a perfect cylinder, and how big exactly would u recommend?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-91048003596751551072011-12-08T17:12:31.516-06:002011-12-08T17:12:31.516-06:00Regarding your time travel contemplations, I'd...Regarding your time travel contemplations, I'd suggest you give a gander at Steins;Gate, not for any sort of hard science on the topic, but it's an interesting watch that handles the subject with moderate maturity, while walking the path of "Rule of Cool."groverfield.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-31398253333584611232011-12-03T22:47:06.279-06:002011-12-03T22:47:06.279-06:00I'm gonna go with my theory, which is:
Time tr...I'm gonna go with my theory, which is:<br />Time travel is one of those things with different rules for every work it appears in.Le Messornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-19075291349706374332011-12-03T00:40:59.175-06:002011-12-03T00:40:59.175-06:00I'm shocked that no one has commented on your ...I'm shocked that no one has commented on your great plug of Schlock Mercenary! That particular storyline of SM (spanning across most of Book 6: Resident Mad Scientist) is one of my own favorites and well, and the comic as a whole is god damn awesome.CoreDumpErrorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06260355049353846450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-14886102486009591732011-11-30T04:09:08.386-06:002011-11-30T04:09:08.386-06:00There are larger infrared remote receivers you kno...There are larger infrared remote receivers you know, but that's probably will ruined cybermat's design and made it look like a big weird eye ball with a tail.<br /><br />Any plans for a bigger bot ?Capt. Sake "Hancock" Mangustohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17166807021470730746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-85305992047864193362011-11-29T08:18:15.322-06:002011-11-29T08:18:15.322-06:00"To improve reception on the cybermat, it may..."To improve reception on the cybermat, it may help to also coat the inside of the head with silver or aluminum foil. That way, the signal will reflect and receive no matter what angle it enters from.<br /><br />Ideal would of course be simply extending the antenna through the tail."<br /><br />While those are good ideas, unfortunately they don't apply to the RC car I've got. It doesn't use an antenna - it uses an infrared receiver, like on a TV remote. There is nothing to extend.Lewis Lovhaughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724769374732321363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-21022581727376363302011-11-29T06:44:50.864-06:002011-11-29T06:44:50.864-06:00To improve reception on the cybermat, it may help ...To improve reception on the cybermat, it may help to also coat the inside of the head with silver or aluminum foil. That way, the signal will reflect and receive no matter what angle it enters from.<br /><br />Ideal would of course be simply extending the antenna through the tail.weckarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-72494160543009888292011-11-29T03:39:52.697-06:002011-11-29T03:39:52.697-06:00Okay, whatever, thanks for your politeness.
Ever...Okay, whatever, thanks for your politeness. <br /><br />Every criticism is welcome and is your show anyway so you have the right to do whatever fits best here.<br /><br />Just don't start to delete anything coming from someone just because the name give goosebumps on you, seriously i doubt anybody just writing comments on the internet can do any harm to you or your blog. For a good measure i am on the other side of the planet and i am not Doctor Doom or anything like so relax. <br /><br />What an average Joe can do with a keyboard that can't be ignore and deleted ?<br /><br />On sideways topic: Cute ??? I think casting Tobey Maguire would make you feel disgusted more than asking any parallel reality Frank Miller to write the script, the guy's tone is far far away from the right for your voice for your role and he is too skinny.<br /><br />And i think i keep my self and contribute to the topic anyway because writing is the only practical way to do any time and space travel that doesn't involve billions of any currency and dozens of the most brilliant minds working together 24/7 in the next billion years, if wasn't cheap and fun you will not do it by yourself.<br /><br />Read, write, listen,hearing and dreaming about are the basic pillars of wisdom or like Socrates said : "Wisdom begin in wonder." And i blame you and few other dozen boys and girls for making me wonder and compelling to actually having fun with.<br /><br />If isn't fun for you reading anything i have to say please don't be shy and deleted all together with the rest of the crap i know plagues the fourth wall on a daily basis but at least please read before deleted, i can't be that obnoxious anymore, can i ?<br /><br />P.S.: "I AM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FRAKKING PLANET AND IS NOT SNOWING HERE, STOP THE GOOSEBUMPS PLEASE!"Capt. Sake "Hancock" Mangustohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17166807021470730746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-48904615318958126532011-11-28T20:21:45.841-06:002011-11-28T20:21:45.841-06:00The web of lines thing sounds an awful lot like a ...The web of lines thing sounds an awful lot like a logical progression of what the Ellimist allowed Elfangor to see near the end of the Andalite Chronicles, actually.<br /><br />That's from the book series "Animorphs" for anyone who, unlike Lewis, has done themselves the disservice of not reading the series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-76052388153363836582011-11-28T18:56:00.334-06:002011-11-28T18:56:00.334-06:00LIGHTBRINGER YES! YES! YES!LIGHTBRINGER YES! YES! YES!Brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-50207367164988258022011-11-28T17:14:57.249-06:002011-11-28T17:14:57.249-06:00Okay, Sake, that was cute...
...but it had nothin...Okay, Sake, that was cute...<br /><br />...but it had nothing to do with this comment thread.<br /><br />Stop it.<br /><br />Stop posting off-topic nonsense. You are starting to remind me of Jeremy Patterson's posts. I waited far too long to lay down the hammer on his comments and I am not going to wait here. I try to be a very nice guy, especially with my fans, and I try to give a lot of leeway, but I have to say, in all honesty and sincerity:<br /><br />YOU ARE STARTING TO BUG ME.<br /><br />I know English is not your first language, and for that I am willing to grant enormous amounts of patience, but you are making posts that are absolutely NOTHING. You post links to youtube videos for no reason other than to provide soundtracks to comments. When you actually DO stay on topic, you refuse to just let your point stand on its own - insisting on repeating it in new posts with different wording, as if you're afraid it will simply be buried in other comments and it absolutely MUST stay fresh, by golly!<br /><br />Half the time it seems like you are living in your own little world with your posts, trying to express fanfic-y ideas and the like. It's cute, but it has nothing to do with this post.<br /><br />You want to post a dissenting opinion, that's okay. You want to espouse the glories of Frank Miller, fine. But I am tired of this bullcrap. There are ways of having fun in these comment threads that don't involve the stuff you keep pulling.<br /><br />I have been exemplary in my patience with you, but I have had enough. This is your final warning: cut it out or I will simply delete your comments without reading them.<br /><br />I know that may seem harsh, but when I am actually starting to DREAD seeing your name in my inbox informing me of new comments to approve, something has to be done, and for that I'm sorry, but it's the simple truth.Lewis Lovhaughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724769374732321363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-78572891193773468822011-11-28T16:30:23.712-06:002011-11-28T16:30:23.712-06:00Time Travel is more Art than Science, really guys ...Time Travel is more Art than Science, really guys at this point why bother ? <br /><br />Like the good people from Big Picture Studios used to say : <b>"Ars est pecunia"</b> and i will buy any movie, tv series, comic or book for an affordable price if had a good story. <br /><br />Who want's to buy Atop the Fourth Wall #1 for US$1,99 ? I would if was not available on line, Thanks Capitalist Old Russia for that.<br /><br />How much would you like to pay to see how Atop the Fourth Wall goes from a relative obscure internet show into the realm of mainstream media ? Ask Linkara, he is the one owning the rights for that time travel back-to-the-future-esque story, not our Linkara of course, that other one from the alternate time line where the space race never take a break in the mid 80's and Stephanie Meyer becames the first woman on the moon instead of a bad writer.<br /><br />In a World where we don't have time travel, interdimensional parallel alternate time line travel or even space interstellar travel yet: <br /><br />"IMAGINATION is the best way you can get to achieve the real stuff and also the safest since there is no danger implied at dreaming about or dream on something you don't have it or can't have it or probably should not have it even when you finally get it - trust me when i say dealing with one Fourth Wall at safe distance on the web is all joy you need to yourself from any time line you may came from".<br /><br />Dream whatever you want FourthWalleer friends, just be careful with the things you get from it that you can realize, Reality is a Harsh Mistress.<br /><br />Meanwhile Atop the Fourth Wall premiers on theaters on 07-23-2012 with Tobey Maguire starring as Lewis Lovhaug/Linkara and Brittany Murphy as Iron Liz (Linkara's major love interest,that implies they are probably keeping the minor ones for the sequels), the movie is directed by Robert Rodriguez with screenplay written by Frank Miller.<br /><br />This production is a partnership of Asylum, Legendary Pictures and Marvel Studios and is the milestone picture made under their united labels.<br /><br />Available at any where closer to your corner of the multiverse in Betamax and Laser Disc shortly after release.<br /><br />Screening for Test Audiences and Critics already stated this as "...better than Episodes 7, 8 and 9 of Star Wars put all together, not even Robert Zemeckis could do it in all Star Wars nine movies what this one will made for this generation next summer..."<br /><br />And so on and on and on.... after all that said do you really need a time machine to explore life, the universe and everything else ? If not in your own mind at least at the next step outside your room adventure awaits you....always.<br /><br />“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. <br />There is another theory which states that this has already happened.” <br /><b>― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe</b><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPIyAeS4IQ0Capt. Sake "Hancock" Mangustohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17166807021470730746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-54993523656754358072011-11-28T11:32:26.219-06:002011-11-28T11:32:26.219-06:00There's another, far simpler solution to time-...There's another, far simpler solution to time-travel, the simple idea is that 'time-travel' is a misnomer, the Doctor essentially steps outside time and enters elsewhere. This leaving causality means that anything that impacts his past can no longer influence him. It's like burning a fuse - if you cut the fuse in half only the first half will burn. This does create an issue with possible looping or infinite cloning of objects coming in or out of time and to remedy this I tied it in with the idea of 'information decay' in black holes (dubious as it is to real scientists) and the eye of harmony in turn but explaining how I worked that makes things needlessly complex.<br /><br />Yours is interesting too but it depends on time-travel being just that, travel through time, which especially in the medium of the show is problematic at best. We all already travel through time so travelling backwards in time is at best indistinguishable from what we all do; travelling forwards. If an object literally travels back in time it still occupies space, interferes with cause and effect and so forth. The TARDIS would literally stay in one spot as it 'traveled back' or move across the sky like someone had hit the rewind button and yet could not be impacted by the world around it, else it would reverse causality. That'd create a whole mess of problems. Whilst it is a retcon in essence the show gives us the 'vortex' which best we can tell is outside time and allows us to re-enter at any point which fits the show much better than the ball of yarn theory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-66199849817435856052011-11-28T07:47:45.574-06:002011-11-28T07:47:45.574-06:00"Now, I'm not willing to part with it, bu..."Now, I'm not willing to part with it, but I'll scan it and email the scans so you can use it for your next Secret Origins Month. It's pretty silly--atomic bombs exploding without doing anything, random local changes, a six-foot-high "giant" mummy, and so forth. I just need your email address, or if for whatever reason you don't trust me a dummy one that you can receive it from. Hell, I can even photocopy it and mail that to you if that's better"<br /><br />It amazes me that no one bothers to check the side of the blog to see if, perhaps, I post my e-mail address or some other form of contact info, which I do. XD<br /><br />Hence how I seem to keep getting comments posted by people that are trying to contact me without actually looking for a better way to get in touch with me. XD<br /><br />But yeah, the e-mail is on the side of the blog.Lewis Lovhaughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724769374732321363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-65562725125932642032011-11-28T07:45:29.339-06:002011-11-28T07:45:29.339-06:00"Also, the name is Eggman! It's always be..."Also, the name is Eggman! It's always been that! Get it through your thick skull!"<br /><br />Please do not hurl insults at one another.<br /><br />Also, I call him Robotnik.Lewis Lovhaughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724769374732321363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-61453013012932336182011-11-28T07:37:33.023-06:002011-11-28T07:37:33.023-06:00Hey, Linkara, wasn't quite sure how to contact...Hey, Linkara, wasn't quite sure how to contact you but I thought you'd be interested in this. I know you're a huge <i>Blue Beetle</i> fan, and I am too. I have a friend with a pretty big comic book collection that he's been unloading on me, and included therein is the first issue of Dan Garrett <i>Blue Beetle</i> (the archiologist, not his single-t policeman forebarrer.) For reference, it's this comic here: http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_Beetle_(Charlton)_Vol_2<br /><br />Now, I'm not willing to part with it, but I'll scan it and email the scans so you can use it for your next Secret Origins Month. It's pretty silly--atomic bombs exploding without doing anything, random local changes, a six-foot-high "giant" mummy, and so forth. I just need your email address, or if for whatever reason you don't trust me a dummy one that you can receive it from. Hell, I can even photocopy it and mail that to you if that's better. <br /><br />Anyway, just thought you'd be interested. You can contact me on my Blogger account.Seth Aaron Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17035069005709375045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-27058375258735501732011-11-28T03:53:08.482-06:002011-11-28T03:53:08.482-06:00@ Anonymous
November 28, 2011 12:26 AM
Linkara al...@ Anonymous<br />November 28, 2011 12:26 AM<br /><br />Linkara already said that he won't review any Sonic comics <br />That one time was an exception he made for a special occassion <br />He does NOT care for Sonic!<br /><br />Also, the name is Eggman! It's always been that! Get it through your thick skull!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-22330203321805680172011-11-28T00:26:31.463-06:002011-11-28T00:26:31.463-06:00Hey linkara can you do a review of sonic x #26 bec...Hey linkara can you do a review of sonic x #26 because its so stupid! <br /><br />the story is that robotnik decides to become a wrestler. <br />yes a wrestler and he likes it too, and not only that but the money that he is earning from wrestling is going to charity!<br /><br />so linkara if you ever want to do another bad wrestler comic please give this one a try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-81675269099709190662011-11-27T16:26:24.395-06:002011-11-27T16:26:24.395-06:00Not sure how else to send this to you, but here...Not sure how else to send this to you, but here's a nice little Crazy-Steve moment from a fancomic I found that might give you a laugh<br />http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/330/5/e/robin_1__batman_over_9000_by_go_devil_dante-d4hfffx.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-59523165875416660212011-11-27T12:21:48.598-06:002011-11-27T12:21:48.598-06:00Part 2 of 2 because there's a limit on how man...Part 2 of 2 because there's a limit on how many characters I can post.<br /><br />So, what would happen if a time traveler went back and changed history? I go back to my "time is a river" analogy. Rivers are not straight lines, but curve, merge, and sometimes fork, and we just go along with the ride, sometimes choosing which fork to go down, going with the curves, etc. For the time traveler, though, if he has the power to go up the river (i.e. travel into the past), he has the power to create new "paths" if you will for the river to go down by doing things that change the flow of the river. And thus, the time traveler creates a new path, and goes down that path. To those on the old path, from our point of view, the traveler has disappeared, and we have no idea what happened to him. To those on the new path, the traveler is a strange anomaly who changed things. If the traveler can return to the old path, honestly, I have no idea if its possible. There is a principle called the Uncertainty Principle that states that the mere act of observation changes the results. In this case, the act of traveling in time would create a new path. And for the traveler trying to get back to his old path, it would mean that he would never be able to, just get to the closest like it. And for those in the old path, it would mean that they would never see the traveler again.<br /><br />I would be afraid, though, that this would make for some very boring science-fiction writing though. As far science fiction time travel rules go, writers just make stuff up just to A) Keep drama and tension in the story and B) Makes stuff up so to keep the explaining to a minimum.<br /><br />Honestly, the only science fiction story that comes closest to above from what I've seen is Timecop. To the time traveling cop, when he returns, everything's changed. To everyone else, that's the way things have always been. Although, there are a couple of things that do make me want to groan, namely the whole scars appearing out of nowhere and the whole "the same matter can't occupy the same space at the same time" nonsense.<br /><br />I hope I haven't bored everyone to tears with my rather long-winded theory on time travel...Keylnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602380963455380605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-62944243097672470812011-11-27T12:21:06.210-06:002011-11-27T12:21:06.210-06:00Part 1 of 2 since I'm a bit wordy...
The theo...Part 1 of 2 since I'm a bit wordy...<br /><br />The theory of relativity states that time is a perception, and that time can flow differently for different objects moving at different speeds. In fact, we're moving through time right now, just at a rather slow pace and in only one direction (to the future!).<br /><br />With that said, the theory of relativity does state that the flow of time changes the faster an object moves from the perspective of an observer of the object. Think of it this way. If a person (let's call him Person A) boards a spaceship that will orbit the Earth for 1 year traveling at 80% the speed of light with one person (let's call him Person B) observing on Earth.<br /><br />From the viewpoint of Person A, 1 year may pass, but from the viewpoint of Person B, 10 years may have passed (there's no real scale here). Thus, someone could say that Person A has effectively traveled 10 years in the future (albeit very very slowly). <br /><br />This leads me to think that time is like a river, in which we are all flowing in (in one direction at relatively the same speeds). Traveling in time would be like traveling on this river, boarding a canoe, and using the paddles to move faster in the river or slower. So, in this scenario, it would be possible to go up the river (or back in time if you will), but that person would have to overcome the natural current. But let's say, for the sake of this scenario, that it's possible. What then? Would it be possible to change history? I would say no.<br /><br />Stemming from the general theory of relativity, I derived with what I call the Consistency Hypothesis. This hypothesis states that from the view point of any given object (or person) time is always consistent and constant. In other words, from the viewpoint of the object, the flow of time doesn't change, nor does its history. It means that the object doesn't necessarily go "poof" if something happens to it to cause it to not exist (i.e. Grandfather paradox), nor does it mean that if the history of the object changes, the object changes automatically (ala Back to the Future). It does mean, though, that the object can change from the viewpoint of the observer. Meaning, if a person goes back to kill his grandfather, to the outside observer, that person would be an anomaly who shouldn't be.Keylnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602380963455380605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-39910753072526631122011-11-27T09:52:56.325-06:002011-11-27T09:52:56.325-06:00It's funny, your theory of time travel is also...It's funny, your theory of time travel is also brought up as a possible solution in the awesome book "Doctor Who and Philosophy". I'd check it out, it's a pretty good read.brian_13090https://www.blogger.com/profile/08422190272413137862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809126056034906096.post-60671812412115865102011-11-26T21:50:01.431-06:002011-11-26T21:50:01.431-06:00To those quoting, using, or saying the phrase: &qu...To those quoting, using, or saying the phrase: "You can't change the past!"<br /><br />Yes, you can. In fact, you can change it without time traveling at all. How?<br /><br />I assume none of you were paying attention to the furor that erupted over the school board in Texas and the altering of history textbooks, I take it? And it's a good thing this got noticed. Otherwise, it would have passed and no one would be the wiser about it.<br /><br />The kinks, bumps, and changes in Paleontology over the years to alter our views on dinosaurs? In fact, there's still a ton species we haven't discovered yet!<br />Or all the lost knowledge we have yet to re-discover thanks to the burning of the Alexandria Library, disasters, war, etc.<br />Or the greatest example of all online: Wikipedia!Laughing Hyenanoreply@blogger.com